Courtney asks Spielberg to correct Lincoln

U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-CT, is asking director Steven Spielberg to correct his film, “Lincoln,” before it’s released on DVD.

John Penney

U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-CT, is asking director Steven Spielberg to correct his film, “Lincoln,” before it’s released on DVD.

In a letter to Spielberg, Courtney said the acclaimed film puts Connecticut on “the wrong side of the slavery debate,” by showing members of the state’s congressional delegation voting against the 13th Amendment.

“After some digging and a check of the Congressional Record from January 31, 1865,” Courtney wrote in a press release. “I learned that in fact, Connecticut’s entire Congressional delegation, including four members of the House of Representatives...all voted to abolish slavery.”

Courtney is asking the scene’s inaccuracy be acknowledged, and possibly corrected, before the film gets a home release.